Be sure to include your name, daytime phone number, address, name and phone number of legal next-of-kin, method of payment, and the name of the funeral home/crematory to contact for verification of death.

A 51-year-old man who lives near Zebulon and says he was an anti-terrorism analyst for the US government is facing charges from town police that he had more than 450 explicit pictures of 12- to 15-year-old girls.

While towns like Knightdale create and review their budgets for the fiscal year 2016, members of the state Senate are simultaneously working to form legislation that would redistribute sales tax revenues and significantly impact towns with substantial retail.

Expect crowns, noodles and pride to be on the line when the East Wake Relay for Life takes over Five County Stadium May 8-9. There’s an innocent but merciless battle going on between the captains of the PACEr’s team, Bobbi Jane Duke and Shannon Speller, and Pirates of the CURE-ibbean team captains Allison Klepchick and Kathe Schaecher.

We were struck by the optimism that abounded last week at the first of a series of meetings designed to look at the needs of schools in eastern Wake County. The group of 60 or so who turned out seemed energized by the attention school system administrators are paying to Wendell- and Zebulon-area schools. Many in eastern Wake County have considered this area to be a red-headed stepchild among schools in Wake County.

Guy “Bubba” Williams was announced as the new head coach at Johnston County’s largest high school this week. He leaves an Eastern Wayne program that has played in the Eastern Carolina 3A/4A Conference with 4A powers New Bern (the 2014 state 4A champion) and Greenville Rose.

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